Research framework for the development of Creole pig's niche market in Martinique: a holistic approach
| Autor: | Gourdine, Jean-Luc, Lof, Alain, Brithmer, Ronald, Hoche-Balustre, Sonia, Servier, Marie-France, Bructer, Mélain, Bénony, Katia, Limery, Alain, Cyrille, Mélissa, Vertueux-Degras, Claudine, Gauthier, Valérie, Fahrasmane, Louis, Archimède, Harry, Alexandre, Gisèle |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Unité de Recherches Zootechniques (URZ), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Parc Naturel Régional de la Martinique, Ruralité Multiservices, Plateforme Tropicale d'Expérimentation sur l'Animal (PTEA), Coopérative porcine de la Martinique (COOPMAR), Chambre d'Agriculture de la Martinique, Contrat INRA-PNRM (Parc Naturel de la Région Martinique) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Caribbean Food Crops Society Proceedings 52. Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Food Crops Society (CFCS) 52. Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Food Crops Society (CFCS), Jul 2016, Le Gosier, Guadeloupe, France |
| Popis: | National audience; The Creole pig has always been part of the rural and suburban landscape of Martinique. Currently, this breed is not integrated into a research and conservation program. The Natural Park of Martinique Region (PNRM) has the objective to maintain and valorize the genetic heritage of Martinique’s Creole pig and develop a niche business. Based on PNRM knowledge, some Creole pigs live freely in the mountains in the North, in the South coast and in a few disparate traditional breeders located in the countryside. It is essential to carry out an inventory of the local pig population to propose a scheme for conservation and economic development. In order to favour the appropriation of the Creole pig niche, the PNRM, as a decision maker, acts in a systemic and holistic way by considering the whole Martinican territory and the pig sub-sector: producers involved in the COOPMAR pig farmers’ cooperative, researchers of INRA (FWI), the food chain and at least (in a second phase) the consumers and the Martinican society. First of all, the pig farmers are involved (private family farms and specialised pig producers). Researchers and technicians from PNRM and INRA-URZ (Animal production research unit) and INRA-PTEA (Tropical platform in animal experimentation) are performing experimental studies both in controlled conditions and in farms, in order to: i) determine phenotypic and genetic characteristics of Martinique’s Creole pigs in comparison with other pig breeds from the Caribbean area; ii) help at designing genetic management to maintain the population and avoiding inbreeding; iii) help at defining feeding management by a) establishing, at the whole territorial food chain, an inventory of co or by-products available for pig feeding; b) implementing experimental studies in technology for conservation; c) implementing feeding and growing experiments and finally iv) help at defining eco-friendly production systems a) aiming at generate an adequate revenue and b) focusing on ecosystem services such as meat quality, socio-cultural services and circular economy. |
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